Porto Stuck is about 5.5 miles north of St Georges Caye near Montego Caye area. In the passage from Belize City to San Pedro this will be the shallowest spot you will need to transit.
Here are the way points for passage through porto stuck. In addition to the way points we also have added an excellent aerial photo clearing showing the deeper areas of porto stuck.
Way point for the south side of Porto Stuck
17 37 150 N 088 06 550 West
Way point for the middle of Porto Stuck
17 37 637 N 088 06 525 West
Way point for the North side of Porto Stuck
17 38 22 N 088 06 218 West
Captain going from the inside you need to make 100% sure that you are DEAD SPOT
ON the points. There is very little room for error here. There are rocks in this area.
Next thing is to make sure you are going over the above way points with the high tide.
Maximum recommended draft 6’ 6”
Information courtesy of Phillip Shirley, Captain of Loretta Anne